Research: Satellite Navigation Market on the Rise

Research: Satellite Navigation Market on the Rise

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9827430_m featureThe global market for military global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) will grow 1.1 percent annually through 2022, and rise from $1.98 billion in 2013 to $2.18 billion in 2022, predict analysts at market researcher Frost & Sullivan in London.

According to the Military and Aerospace report, driving the military GNSS market are ongoing operations, force modernization efforts, and the rising importance of precision strikes in contemporary military conflicts, analysts say. One strike of a 155-millimeter GNSS-guided artillery shell can cause more impact than a dozen unguided rounds, analysts say, which points out the military importance of GNSS technology.

North America is the biggest market for military GNSS while Central Asia, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East represent the fastest growing markets, analysts say.

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Major military GNSS programs worldwide are increasing the availability of satellite navigation. Projects include the European Galileo and Chinese Beidou/Compass, and the introduction of two new regional navigational systems — Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System and the Japanese Quasi-Zenith Satellite System.

These new developments also are intensifying competition between GNSS providers, and are lowering the cost of GNSS capabilities and attracting more end users, Frost & Sullivan analysts say. The use of rugged commercial off-the-shelf (R-COTS) and consumer-grade COTS GNSS technologies also will play a part in overall GNSS market growth.

One factor getting in the way of GNSS growth, however, is increasing use of non-satellite-based navigation systems that can function without interference in dense urban areas and deep canyons, analysts say. Another factor working against GNSS growth involves past incidents of cyber-attacks on military GNSS data applications, despite encryption.